Kefalonia, Greece
6th century BCE
Kavousi, Greece
600 BC
Campobello di Mazara, Italy
559 BC
Gela, Italy
333 BCE
Vlorë, Albania
4th century AD
Syracuse, Italy
6th century BCE
Kyparissia, Greece
-2200 BCE
Grammichele, Italy
5th century BCE
Nafplio, Greece
4th century BCE
Rocchicella, Italy
453 BCE
Sambuca di Sicilia, Italy
5th century BCE
Chalkidona, Greece
4th century BCE
Lemnos, Greece
8th century BCE
Lemnos, Greece
7th century BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
3000 BCE
Monasterace, Italy
7th century BCE
Karpathos, Greece
4th century BCE
Lemnos, Greece
2500 BCE
Rethymno, Greece
800-900 BC
Gjirokaster, Albania
300-200 BCE
The Roman Theatre of Mérida is a construction promoted by the consul Vipsanius Agrippa in the Roman city of Emerita Augusta, capital of Lusitania (current Mérida). It was constructed in the years 16 to 15 BCE. One of the most famous and visited landmarks in Spain, the Roman Theatre of Mérida is regarded as a Spanish cultural icon and was chosen as one of the 12 Treasures of Spain.
The theatre has undergone several renovations, notably at the end of the 1st century or early 2nd century CE (possibly during the reign of Emperor Trajan), when the current facade of the scaenae frons was erected, and another in the time of Constantine I (between 330 and 340), which introduced new decorative-architectural elements and a walkway around the monument. Following the theatre"s abandonment in Late Antiquity, it was slowly covered with earth, with only the upper tiers of seats (summa cavea) remaining visible.